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Wednesday, January 23, 1929
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The Headlines
LINERS BATTLE GALE TO AID TWO VESSELS; FREIGHTER MISSING; Capt. Fried on the America, the President Harding and the Yorck Answer S O S Calls. BUFFETED BY 75-MILE WIND Expect to Reach Freighter Florida and Tanker Dannedaike About Dawn.NO TRACE OF TEESBRIDGECaptain of the Maine Reports Vain Search for FounderingBritish Ship. Two Ships Send S O S Calls. Florida's Rudder Damaged. LINERS BATTLE GALE TO AID TWO VESSELS Log Tells of Vain Search.
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Singin' in the Rain
Nacio Herb Brown
The must-have
Duncan Yo-Yo
You Share a Birthday With
- David Hilbert (1862)
- Stendhal (1783)
- Édouard Manet (1832)
- Hideki Yukawa (1907)
- Gertrude B. Elion (1918)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
Tech Check
Car Radio, Sunglasses (Mass Produced) & Coaxial Cable.
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Time Elapsed
35,562 days ago
(97 years, 157 days)